Folding bed.



lufontod Nov. 2G, 1918.

M. .FOYER.

FoLDmG BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.25. 1915.

ou SN. WST .C T frm. Tl @www ww W M. FOYER.

vFOLDWG BED,

APPUCAHON mi@ MAR. 2ax 1915.

Patente Nov. 26, 1918.

ZSHEETS-SHEET 3.

vs..1. FOYER.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 2e. |915.

Pucnted Nm'. 26, 1918.

Pateuted Nov. 26, 1918.

TSHEETS-SHEET 5.

1, L FOYER.

moms BED.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26.1915.

' Puented Nm'. 2G, 15H8.

SHEETS-SHEET 5.

M. J. FUYER,

FOLDNG BED.

`APPL1CAN0N msn MAR. 2s. 1915.

\ latpned Nov. 26, 1918.

SHEETS-SHEET 7.

fil` CLG/M.

0F TLEDO, GEIQ.

FLDING BEE).

Speciiceton of Letters atent.

.eppication filed March 25, 1915. Serial No. 17,199.

To (1U wiwi/z. i? 72u13/ com-ern Be it iiiiowii iimf. l, Ummm FOYER, il citizen of Elie Uniiefi States, reeiiling Toieilo, in ilu; conniy oi' Lucio.' und Stai@ oi' Ohio. are iiiveiieil certain new emi useful improvements in Folding Beds; und I do ileelzirc he following lo be e full, clear, sind eX-ucl cleeciiilioii of the invention, such as will enable oiliers sif'lieil in he erf. to which it :xpperuins io leuke and use the emilie', ref- 'ereiice be iwi/l io jlie ziocompaiuying drawings, :mil io 1 ie ledere ,and ggiires of reference mur "i iierfioii. un. f

bed wir' li may lie coiiierfed into :i sof-.i or divan, is the?. lie device when in bed form suggesis a. oh amil when iii Sofa form suggees u lied, nml in either case gives lieimvpression that the thing is xiei'iier one or lie '(itliei', lim. uli-rel); u. iiieliesliiint.

Bijv invention is designed to overcome the oiijeciioii here imliceed. zuid, more particularly. to iii-:wide :x ileviee of ilie character describen which, when in folded form, as a sofa, shall not iigges o llieti' iid which, when iii exiexiileii form, shell have the appearance oi' si. comilioii lied, provided with e head-piece anni u foot-piece of the usual type.

My inveiiioii is further designed to provide a device of the .sort referred to wliieh @oir sisis off liree main eectione' adapted to be disposed iii Soir. form and pii'o'mlly connected in such i'sirsixioii liet ivco of the sections may be caeily mi@nimmt-icuii? swung by the same open.. 'ion imlo operative reim-ion with the. olier sccioii ei'lier :is :i soia or bed. My

iiiiemifgm is. orlier oeeigiiefi io provide a.

coiisiruc'tioii which ailiiiits of the use of Coil/eil lmifepriugs and niniireeeee oeil :is are emplovvd in the iwi-ier eines of beds emi in box matre ees. Mja inven-ion is also intended io furnish s. eoiis'iriiceion in which iii@ wiiii of the eed sigg; eerree fred wili tire iengili of lie soie. ifi avoi. -f undue length oi the soie es r. ofiiii.

I efraim these objecs 'ey meunf the de vices, construction und arrangement of parte hereinafter deeeri'oed, and shown and illusri'ieilv in iie aecoiiipzinying drawings, in Winch- Figure l, i siiieeleviiioii of my device, folded u divan, with die wood or other outside finish removed io show the metal piirs and heir ceimeetion; Fig. `2, e geelspective View of my device olded as a divan;

3, a side-elevation and 4, an endelevation,-seen from the foot,-o my device as :i bed; Fig. 5, a Side-elevation of the seme, extended in unfolded form, with the side inis'n removed to disclose the 111eclizinism hereinafer referred to; Fig. 6, a toppliiii 7view of the sinne; Fig. T, ai side-elevaltioii of the saine, partly folded; Fig. 8, u. side-eievation oi' a portion of the buse, one of the reeipro ating side-bers hereinafter referred to, and cerain links and levers hereinafter referred to, Fig. 9, ay top-plan viewo the seme; Fig. l0, sicleelevation of thev mecliaiiisn'i for proieeing :incl retreating the foot-portion of the bed es it folded over next and close to the head-piece of the bed, ineluding the rails upon whieli suoli projec- `tion and retraction take place as Well as the rail carrying bar and the reversible racks and their pinioiis mounted on such bar as hereinafter explained; l1 is an elevation of he shaft, its journal, one of the bell-crank levers und one of the pair of arms secured to the shaft :is hereinafter referred to; Fig. 12,

a side-elevation of the same; Fig. 13, a top# plan View of ille same partly in horizontal section; Fig. 14:, an end-viewof the bearing for said shaft; Fig. i5, e 'vertical sectional elevation of the seme taken on line wf-w, l i1 14; Fig. 16, a top-plan View of one of tion. eiken on line :v i? l0; Fig. 20, a

'seoioimi elevation taken on line y-Jy Fig. l0; Fig. 21, a eide elevation of Slotted bar hereinafter referred to for elevating the footsection of the bed intoliorizontal alihement .with the remaining heil-Sections; Fig. 22, a

iop-plan View of one of 'the bed-spring sections hereinafter referred to; Fig. 28 :in endview of the seme; Fig. 24, a side-view of the same; Fig. 25. a detail View ofolnd'able members constituting the bottom of Allthe ends 0f my device when in sofa form; [F ig. 26, vthe same when the device is in unfolded, or bed 'Iza ioo

form; Fig. 27, a deail of the' iop ofthe dief` .a i

vice when iii soie. form, seen from one endg" f Fig. 9.3 e. eeeioiiei elevation o-the Same 1 view of the pivoted top for the device when in sofa form, together with the lockingde'- vire which holds it in place; Fig. 30, a bottoni--planview ot the devices for detachably locking together the top and end-pieces of the sofa illustrated in Figs. 27 and 29, and Fig. 31 an end-view ot thc saine.

Both sides of my device are alike and it should be understood that the operating mechanisms depicted in the'drawlngs are duplicated at opposite sides of the bed or sofa.

Like letters and numerals ot reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

lhisdevice, as a bed, .is composed of'three main sections designated as A B and QA being the foot-section, B the middle sectionv and C the head-section. The foot-section and the'middle-section are upholstered on both top and bottom, the portions a and o Ybeing mattress-sections-forming part of the.

bed, .the other sides a and o forming, .respectively., the seat and back ot the sofa. The head-section is provided on top only with a mattress-section as at o. These sereial sections correspond in length with the lengthof the sofa and with the width of the bed. D is the head-piece of the bed and E is the foot-piece of the bed. These two pieces are or" the usual or any preferred con.- struction preferably of brass or iron. .Rigidly secured toit-he opposite sidesof the head-piece D arched-rails F corresponding in length to the width of the device when in folded oriin sofa form. The ends of .these bed-rails are connected by a cross-piece o't` angle iron. G.v The crosspiece G is supported, intermediateits ends by legs H, these :tiid the legs--lof thc head-piece being provi( ad with 'suitable casters. lt will now be seen that the heini-piece. the bed-rails, the crossf piece (i and the legs H torni stout hori zontal rectangular' base or frame upon and from which the remainder oflniy device is supported and operated.

When the device is folded as a sofa the toot-piece E is inverted and stands close to, parallel with and in front ot the head-piece D. ln swinging the toot-piece into such position, thc-:top of thet'oot-piece would, without suitableprovision against such mishap, strike against. the headpiece l?. To overcome this difliculty, it is ner lry that the foot-piece in swinging trom i tended position. as in Figs'. El and 5. inte folded position as in Fig. 1. be retracted as it swings -into its folded oosition and affaiu uro ected as it falls into substantially vertical pos;- tion. so that it now occupies the position iiidirated in Fig. l. To accomplish this swinging and reciprocating motion, l provide the mechanism now to nedescribed Higidly secured to the sides of the footpiecc- E are vertically disposed plates l upon the outer sides ot' which are .mounted tour.

Aietwat rectangularly arranged rollers 2. These rollers engage and travel upon and between 'flanged rails 3 which are secured in horizontal parallel relation to the inner sides of the rail carrying bars 4. It. will now be seen that the foot-piece E has a horizontal movement; between the rail carrying bars toward and away from the head-piece. The rail carrying bars are respectively pivotally connect-ed as at 5 at their upper corners farthest from the foot-.piece to reciprocating bars 6 disposed above and parallel to the bedrails F. Between the bed-rails F near the cross-bar G is journaled, as at- 7, a shaft S to which are secured at one -of their ends arms 9 the other ends of' these arms being pivot-ally connected with one end ot rackbars 10. ll-ll are rack-bars opposed to the rack-bars 10 there being interposed between these rack-bars and engaged therewith a pinion 12 journaled on the outer sides of the rail carrying bars 4. These rack-bars arej mounted in guides or ways 13 so that, they always move parallel to each other. The arrangement of the rack-bars and the pinion 12 is such that when one rack-bar moves in one direction, the other rack-bar must necessarily move' in the opposite direction. Upon the outer side of each of the plates 1 near their `forward edge is pivoted a trip-bar 14 as at l5. These trip-bars are notched at or near their ends as at 14-H". Upon the rack-bar 11 is a pin 1l" and upon the rack-bar l0 is a pin 102 These pins project horizontally through and slide in slots 16 in the rail carrying bars l and are arranged respectively for engagement with the notches in thetrip-bar 1i. The trip-bar is held in correct position for engagement with the pins 10u and llfL by means ot the spring (See Fig. 18.) l

Assuming that the device is in extended position, as illustrated in Fig. 5; when the. foot-piece E is lifted at the beginning ofv the folding operation, the arm 9 secured to` l the shaft 8 presses at its outer end upon the rack-bar 10 causing it to move forwardly, thus rotating the pinion 12 which in turn causes the rack-bar 1l to move in the:y opposite direction. The rack-bars 11 bciugjengagged by means of pins 11n with the noti-,hes 14." in the trip-bars 1t pivotally secured to the plates 1- these plates with their attached foot-piece are now caused to move horizontally upon th'e rollers 2 and the guides or ways 3 toward the head of the bed. rlhis n'iovement ot' the toot-piece inwardly continues until the folding operation upon the pivot 5 is nearly completed anduntil the top of the foot-piece has cleared the headpfiece. .\t this point,'the lower edges ot' the trip-bars 14- strdce rollers 17,' mounted upon the outer side of the plate 1, throwing the trip-bars out of engagement with the pins 11 and at the same time throwing the IASO notches 14 at the opposite ends of the tripbars into engagement with thepins l0a on the rack-bars lO. New, as the folding operation continues, the foot-piece, being now connected `with the rack-bars l0 through the tripbais le, is caused to move in the opposite direction along its supports 4 and close to and in parallel relation with the headpiece of the hed. Of course when the device is opened into extended or bed form, the reverse of the operation here described taltesvplace.

Theoperation of foldin `and unfolding the bed is aided by means ot powerful coiled springs i8 embracing the shaft 8, one end of each springl being engaged With't-he bar 9, as illustrated in' Figs. 8 and 9, the other end of the springs contacting with the cross-har G. As the device is folded from the position illustrated in Figari', the spring is placed under tension which relieves the shock of the folding of one portion upon the other and aids in unfolding the device when it is to he placed in bed form.

Ifhe Lgroups of bed-springs for the sections A BHC are supported upon rectangular angle-iron frames A-BwC illustrated in Figs. 23 and 2e, by ineens of crosswires eiiending between the sides and ends of the ri nies. The spring supporting frame B1 is pirated at its Corners nearest the headpiece, as et t9, upon the top of standard 20, secured tothe piece G near its ends.v Near its other corners the frame 'B1 is provided with downwardlv projecting arms 21 upon the lower ends of'which arejournaled rollers 22 which travel in a grooved piece 23 secured to the inner side. of the rail-carrying har. The spring supporting frame A1 is pivotallyconnected to the spring supporting frame B1 at opposite corners. as at 23, by joints the saine as shown in Fig. 17. This frame A1 is also supported b-.v means of roll- 4'ers 2l movable in curved slots in bars 26 "rigidly secured to the outer side of the rail carrying bars l. The rollers 2l when in the top of the slots press directif; downwardly land thus form a support tor the freine A1.

The frame iliwhen in extended position is supported nent torthe foot-piece of the bed by small brackets A2 secured to the inner side of platesA l upon which rest fingers A3 secured to the outer side of frame A1. (See Fig'. 6.) lVhen the har l isV tilted the roller is free to travel in the slot, and the frame A1. by reason of the longitudinal movement of bar 6; is free to swing on its pivot 23.

27 is a bell-crank lever fulcrumed on the hed-rail F, the extremity of one arm of which .is pivoted to the corner of the spring supporting frame C1. as at 2S. the other arni of the lever being' pivotcd to the bar `tl at- 29. S0 is another hell-crank levertulcruined on theshaft 8 one arm being pian oted to the frame C1 at 5l, the other arm being pivoted tothe bar 6 as at Mounted upon 'the bar 6 'and inthe same plane with and 'in the path of the arm 9 is a rollei' Assuming that the device is in extended form, that the three bed'sections are in horizontal alinement and-that the device is to be folded into sofa-form, the operator lifts the foot-piece E swinging it upwardly and forwardly upon the pivot 5. rlhis movement, permits the roller 24 to fall i'n the slot 25 so that the bed-section A swings downwardly on itspivot 23 into the position illustrated in Fig. 7, Where it is held against further movement on its pivot by the roller having reached the opposite end of the slot. In the meantime, at the beginning of the swing upwardly of the foot-piece, the weight of the bed section C swings downwardl)l the inner arms of the bell-cranks 27-3() swinging up Wardly and backwardly the bar (l carrying the roller 33 which, pressing upon the under -side of the bar 9, aids in the lift and swing of the foot-portion of the bed. The' swing of the foot-portion is continued the footpiece being retracted and projected during the course 'of its swing', as above described, until the foot-piece, -now inverted, is side b v side With and close to the head-piece, the under side of the. bed-portions liv-ll being now uppermost and, being upholstered, the seat and the back for a sofa are now provided.

Sections A and B are each provided with two parallel frames 3l and between which are interposed coil springs 36. Metal strips 3T a re secured to frames 3l and bent at their ends at rightangles thereto suiiicient in length to permit of their being pivota'lly connected as at 38 to linksi) which in turn are pivotally connected as at it) to links il which are -pivotally connected to frame A1. Links il, are provided at their upper ends with projecting members 42 which keep the links 39 and il out of alinenient with each other. This arrangement makes it possible to use one side of the coil springs for mattress-sections when the device is in bed forni and the other side of the springs for a 'seat and back. respect-ively, when in sofa form with equal facility: the links 39 and ell serving to keep the spring-sections from falling out .of 'the frames A1 and B1 when in service position as a back and seat.v respectively, and also I 45 may be detachahly connectedto A1 by means of a notch '-17 in the iece lo to a ro'ectine' P p P l e fftion -shown in Fig. 2li.

pin 46 when in unfolded position in bed forni. By reference to Fig. 29, it will be seen that not/:hed piece 45 is pivotally e011-, nected to 43 at 48 in such manner as to perinit disengaging it by pressing on die opposite end of it at all). 50 a recess for 45 when piece 43 is in service position as a top for the device as shown. in Fig. 1.

Parts 51 and 52 forni the upper sides and front of the. end-portions of the device when in sofa forni shown Vin detail in Figs. 27 and 28. These. parts iest on rail carrying hars #l and are secured to cross-har G near the ends thereof h v hooks 53 near Athe hottoin, and

4further supported at their tops by engagement or' the pieifes 5l and 55 (shown in Figs. 2ML-3l) the foriiiei' being rigidly fastened to top-piece 4&5 and the latter to the, side-pieces 5l and. 52. SGL-5T 5S-596061 are ornamental pieces niade preferably of wood oi' steel7 enan'ieled to match the parts 51en :3Q-43. The piece 56 is rigidly fastened to the rail carrying har 4. The part 5l is rigidly fastened lo piece 5T which in turn is niade rigid to reciprocating har l'i. Piece 5SH is rigidly fastened to the piece. 59 which in turn is made rigidto hase-rail l". The part 5!) (a detail of which is shown iu Figs. 'l5 and QG) is pivotally eonnected olv means of spring-hinges 32 to the bottoni of the liedrail l". the springs heing so constructed that the)v are at resi' when the hinge-leaves arel at right angles to inch other. lached lo iue piece Till at the rear thereof through hinges is piece (Sl which fomns an exlinsion of tliepieee 59. Projecting' .helow and rigidly attached 'to the rail F are steel lingers' (S5 which ai'e so positioned that the pieces (il are pressed against the linger close to the pivoied ends of the 'pieces (i4 as shown in Fig. 25. lligidljv attached to the `piecesl 55) at their `front ends are pieces (34S -onel end of which covers the openings which illust lie left ai the ends oi' the Jfront-piece (il lo periui the pari Si) to swine' info the posilt will he oliserved thai' the front piece il() is .set out from crosslia'r il' 'far enough to leave au opening o pel'- iiiit the ends oi the parts '(36 to swing hetween rhein and cross-liar (l.

lii order lo change ihe device from a sofa to a hed l first lurn ihe oppiece 43 over foni'wardlv on iis pivots ell-l until itassuiiies the position relative to traine A] shown in Fig'. 2l). This causes notched liar 45 to fall out of its recess 5() in piece 43 and to engage. projecting pin iii: l then lift pieces 51@ oil'theirsupporis (cross-har (i and rail carrying bars Al) and set thi-ni into a. suitable rack or other Convenient receptacle nitide for the. purpose. l next grasp the tup of franse. A1 and pull it forward and a "ay Vli'om the, head of the, hed. This causes the frame lll to turn on its'pivots 19, which in turn causes livotally atplaces as shown in ll" f 'arms to move. forward along 'the rail carcauses the vfoot-piece to travel iii theJ opposite.,

direction and away from the. head of the. lied. it continues traveling in this direction until the unfolding movement has been Coinpleted when it comes to rest at the proper distaiiee from the head-piece, as shown in Figs. and The .ioveznent of the arms 9 just referred to is directly affected-by the springs i8 until the bars l reach the position relative to liar (S shown in Fig. 7. lj this poiin the. arnisl come. into Contact with rollers 33 and as bars arel moved forward and downward. the reciprocating side-hars are caused to uiove forward and to e errate, the. section C which now assists in maintainn ing the device in substantial equilibrium initil the section A, has traveled on its rollent 2 to the top of the slot 25 in the bar The device is thus automatically locked in service, position as a hed with [the swf-.Lions l-C in horizontal alinenieut.

"While this movement has been' taking place the 'pieces :3G-5i-5'l-5S5S--5C- (343 and (S43 have heen moving into their pron* I). The parts fr@ ii, ing rigidly alta-'flied to the rail eari'yiiig-lvars 4. have taken their places at lie ffiot-end O the hed: the parts 5? have moved forward with recipro-ating hars i?. to which ihejv are rigidly,attached. earrying with them their pieces 5i which cover the opeinug between F and l inade in consequence of liars G liaving inovei. forward from hedrails F. The.

openings at the opposiie end of liars n. loef tween tlieni and the head-piece D are closed. h v the pieces 5S which remain Si'atonary, being as ahove explained rigidly fastened io the. hed-rails F with piece lVitli the niovenienl forward and upward or the hell-crank levers '2-3G rhs spri i# ,r hinges (i2 force tlieliliarts ai) nim a position at right angles to lwd-riiii li" as shown in Figs. 3 and This. of course. dis-poses f s parts 36 in the spar-es provided for their; ne tween the part .(50 and the, erossdiar '(lf as shown in Fig. 3. ll'lier. the reverse opera tion takes place and the lied is folded into sofa forni the liell-eranlt arins 2T and 30 force. the pic-,ees 5S) Iinto parallel relation with haswrail F. lie ringer lieing in .-lie parli ol' nieves (Si. loi'ces il. into its proper place as shown in liig'.

lWhile l have here. hv way of illustration, explained means Yfor causing three main Hei th bars 4 to turn on their pivots and ths"tions of a sofa to told and unfold in `1a- 3%@ e L i memes 6 themselves to those skilled in the art, and i do not, therefore, iiinit myself to these Specic devices for eecting these Various movements'ef these sections.

It wil be seen that my divan oi a iengtii 1.0 corresponding to tliewidth of the bed may be changed from 'one form to the other Withoutl moving, the device from a position against e wail.

It wiil be seen that in its" folded form iimy device presentsA the appearance or" a luxurious cushioned divan, with the footpiece and theliead-piece concealed, and that i when extended and, suppiied with the usual bed-cloi'zbing the di'ice presents; the nppeai-,

ance of and in factis a be Having described Vmy invention, what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Piatent,isi 1.111 'a folding bed, a head piece, n foot- 26 piece, er base' to which the head-niece is rigidly. securedaud extensible oidable conncctions intermediate the base and the footiece whereby time. foot-niece may be folded 1n inverted position m front of the head- 30 piece.

connected thereto, rail supporting members 2. In a device of the described character, a base which includes a bed head-piece, reoiprocating bars movabie upon said base, bed foot-piece having side platos rigidly reci rocableu on said iete liinUe-d connections between said reciprocating bers and4 said rail supporting members, combined with a plurality of bed-sectionsfoldabiy connected together, one ot' said sections besaid bars, an invertible seat-section, a bacio fold into bed form, a, base, reoiprocmingv bars 'movable upon the base, rails, rail snp- 'portingrmembers pivotall;r connected with section, and means actuated 'oy the swing of the rail supporting members upon said pivy otal connections for moving' said basins@- tion into service position as a bed in liar- 4. In a device of the described eilaraeter, a head-piece, a ootpiece, a pinraiity of sec- 'tions foldably connected with a. baeetraine, 'boch of said sections'beingI provided with Boi mattress section, one of said sections being inpholstered en its opposite side as s back, another oil-'said sections' being iiplioistered lon its opposite side as a. seat, reciprocating bars, ,rails upon which seid fooi-piece i i movable toward and from me nose, rei one.

. concealment oi mony with theinversion of said seat-section.

porting members pivotaiiy connected with said bars, ineens actuated oy the reiati've movement of seid liars ,d "rail supporting members for simultaneously swinging said several mattress sections .into horizontal eiineinent.

5. In a 'oiding; bed, three principal sections, reciprocating bars, mils, rait supporting members nivoted to seid bare, e base upon which said bars are mounted, pivotai connections between seid base and said priucipai sections whereby said three sections may .be di goseil in horizontui elinemenl; head-niece and a ooifpiece, one oi said' pieeesbeing4 Qonnected with said raii supporting membre and movably vcarried b); said rails, the other of said pieces being rigidly connected 'with the base, nud connections. intermediate said pivoted sections and said base ii'iiereby 'the swing oi'z said pivotcd sections into horizontal alinement brinvs said foot-piece into appropriate reiation to the foot of tiicbod.

6. In a device of tlie described Character, e base, a head-piece rigidiy eonnef'ted with the base, a foot-piece, pivotal extensinie oonnectionsbctween tlie base and. the ifootfiieee, andino/ans ,governed by tiie *folding oi Suid ootwpiece for d' rising seid foot-pir dose to and puraliei mii seid bead-piece sind in inverted position.

in e isoiding bed, :i base, a plurality of sections piif'otnii connectedwitlz said bese and foldabijg connected with each other and adapted to ioe thrown intoy liorizontai alinenient, two oi' said sections being inrertibie, n, heed-piece and a foot-piece, one ot' Said pieces being invertible with said invertibie .sect-ions, the other piece being rigidly attaohed to said base, combined with means controlled by theniovement of Said invertibl-i, piece for disposing; said sections in 'foided or unioided reiation.

S. in a deviceoonsisting' :if o piiirality of rnoi'abiy connected sections adapten and arranged to unfold into bed formq a base with which said sections are connected andnpon which they *foidl a head-piece and a footpiecentbe bead-piece being' rigidi? attached to tbe base, tbe foot-pieoe being foldabiy connected with the bese, and in seid struc ture asiiiteble recess "n the receptionand snif? ifiotx' ieee when in foidefi relation.

9. in a device o the described. rl'ieractor, a 'pluraliste of niein'sectioiie ioidably son nested together, a bese-frame, reciprocating mounted there-or., rei

i euo'nrting momoers pirotelijv connected seid isere, a iieedpiece carried by' bese, o me-piece eerried by the supporting ine eaeii oi said :nein sections mattress seotion, ineens governed by .the n'nztuni .nove ment oie 'amid and reii supporting; menbere for siitciuite-neoeeiy moving eej-el severalY for o .supporting members pivotally connected with the base, three principal sections, device-s actuated lby the swing of the rail supporting members for moving said sections into or out ot horizontal alinement, com bined with a head-piece secured to the base and a foot-piece carried by the rail supporting members` and means for disclosing the head-piece when the sections are in extended position and means for concealing the front vside. of said head-piece when said sections are folded.

vl1. A folding bed consisting of three principal sections, a base upon which the sections may be moved into or out of horizontal alinement, connections between said sections by which they are caused to move-simultaneously into and out of folded relation, a stationary head-piece and 'a movable footpiece pivotally connected with said base and devices which dispose said foot-piece at the relir of said base when the bed is folded.

12j-XA folding bed consisting of a base combined with a head-piece rigidly attached thereto7 three principt sections operatively connected with said base and adapted to be moved 'into or out of horizontal alinement, a foot-piece pivotally connected with the base, means for the concealment of said toot-piece. and means for moving said footpiece. into and out oi concealed position simultaneously with thelfolding and unfolding of said sections.

3. ln a folding bed. three principal sections which may be swung into and out of' horizontal alinement, two of said sections formin;,.respectivelv a head-section and a foot-section, connections between said headsection and foot-section whereby the Inovement of one of said sections causes a correspondiniir movement. of the other section, a base, a head-piece rigidly connected with the base, a foot-piece., rails, and rail-supporting members upon which the foot-piece. reciprocates. and meaiv actuated by the swing of the rail siippiirting.r members upon their pivotal supports for moving the foot-piece int-o and out ot' appropriate relation to the lead-piece.

lilin a folding bed. a base, a head-piece rigidly connected to the base, reciprocating bars pivot ally connected to the base` footpiece.y rail supporting members slidably connected with the toot-piece. connections between said base and said reciprocating bars and said rail supportingr members whereby the movement of said rail-carrying members moves said foot-piece into and out of appropriate relation to the foot of tbc/bed.

15. In a folding-bed, a base, reciprocating bars mounted upon the base, rail supporting members, pivoted for swinging`- upon onesupports connected slidably with the vfootpiece and pivotall'y with the. base, a plurality of mattress-sections oldably connected and suitably supperted intermediate the headpiece and the root-piece, and means for operating the foot-piece, rail-supports an mattress-sections in unison. f

17. A base, rail carrying members piv-l otally connected with the base, a foot-piece connected with the rail carrying members, and means attached to the base for 'impartinv movement to the rail carrying members relative to the toot-piece as the foot-piece is moved. l

18.v In a folding bed, a base, lrail carryingl members pivotally and Aslidably connected to the base, a foot-piece connected with 'the rail carrying members, bed-sections pivot.-

head-piece ally connected with the rail carrying'inemparting movement to the rail carrying riiembers, the foot-piece, and the sections vsimultaneously as the' foot-piece is moved.l

19. In a. device of the described -character, a base, a head-piece rigidly secured balancing said foot-piece and its said 'con-v nections during their swing vto and from the base. a

20. ln a device ofthe described character,

a base-trame including in its construction a bed head-piece; a .bed toot-piece, supports upon which the foot-piece may be recipro7 cated, connections between. the base-frame land the :toot-piece whereby the latter may be folded in inverted position close to and `1n parallel relation with said head-piece,

and means actuated by such folding operation for reciprocating'the 'foot-piece.

2l. ln a device of the 'described charac ter,`a stationary base, a head-piece rigidly secured thereto, movable portion pivota'lly connected with said baseand adapted'to fold .uponsaid base and adapted' to unfold into horizontal alinement t-lierewith,`a foot-piece,

slidable connections between the foot-piece andsaid pivoted movable portion. and de vices connected Ywithl the Abase and actuated by the 'swingA ot said movable port-ion upon its said pivotal cox'niect-ions v.for reciprocatimgr said foot-piece upon its sliding supports during the folding andr unfolding of said n lovable portion.

Y In a device adapted toefold into sofa- ,Shape and .to unfold into` bed-shape, three sections, each section comprising a pair` or' frames, springs which pressthetrames 1n each pair apart,- secured' to one-side of each pair of frames a mattress,` the other side of two or' said fran'les being upholstered; a base. pivotal' connections between the base and the pairs of frames, means actuated by the unfolding of the device for placing said three pairs of frames in horizontal alineinent,a11d means actuated by the reversal of such operation for bestowing said upholstered pairs of frames at an angle to each other and above the ,remaining pair of .frames "23. In a folding deviceof the described chai-antena base2 .a bed head-piece carried by the base, a bed foot-piece,` pivotal extensible vconnections between the base the footpiece whereby the foot-piece may be folded close to and parallel with the head-piece,

y movable covering pieces carried by the base, and means controlled by said folding op-Y eration fer operating said covering pieces.

2%. In a folding-bed7 comprising a plurality of bed-sections, a base, a shaft journaled therein, bell crank levers on the shaft, reciproeating,r bars movable rela-tively to the base and connected with the bell crank levers, and a mattresssection Connected with the bell crank levers and arranged to be raised and lowered by the movement of said bars and thus brought into alinement with others of said sections to form a bed bottom.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` MELVIN l? FOYER.

Y vlfitnesse's :v

(,ERTRUDE BRACKER, N. lV. BUNCE. 

